Mike could totally get away with drawing like James and one other character and whip it up in like 10 minutes, but instead the guy goes above and beyond and draws every character he can possibly fit on the page. It’s unreal.

As a fellow artist I had to see this the minute I layed eyes on the link. Awesome work man, I wonder if you colored it as well? I was bidding on this thing on ebay but the price skyrocketed. Good work as usual guys. Looking forward to the ET episode, shhhh don’t tell anyone.

… on a side note, is there any way you guys (James & Mike) could make up prints of this title card before you auction it off? I get the feeling that it’s going to fetch a pretty penny — more than I can afford, but I would LOVE to get a large print of it.

My only gripe with this is it didn’t get much appreciation in the actual AVGN episode. As with all title cards it was shown for 4-5 seconds at the beginning, but I honestly didn’t even notice the “99” until I saw this video. Since it’s so involved with so many characters it would have been ‘better’ if the episode slowly panned across each character or zoomed around a little more to fully give people an appreciation for the amount of work that goes in to these.

Similar to the Roger Rabbit or frankly most recent title cards, showing them for a couple seconds just doesn’t do justice for Mike’s work, but that’s what the auctions are for I suppose.

This one wasn’t for sale in the last auction — the last action : “The Game Glitches” card went for $362.82 |||| “The AVGN Revisited” when for $238.37 || The various AVGN christmas sketches went for about $50 each. If they ever sell this Star Wars one is should fetch like at least $1k. It’s a cross between Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of Delights” and the Sistine Chapel. AWESOME WORK MF’er Mike!!!!!

Wow my jaw dropped seeing that. It is amazing that you have that much talent drawing. I do agree that in the star wars episode you should have zoomed in on the title card to show all the detailed characters. I also love how you put all the character’s names before you drew them in the video. I love it when you guys ad these makings of the title cards and AVGN videos. A lot of your fans find this very interesting like I do.Thank you for suprising me with this great video. Mike and James have fun with what you are doing or there is just no point of doing it. Cannot wait for your 100th episode. I hope it will be R.O.B. but I bet there is a lot of people that would like it to be that or E.T. I will be happy with whatever it is though. You always do a good job and put a lot of time and effort in your videos.

I’ve been watching these videos with a great deal of enjoyment since it’s inception. I was very happy to see some “behind the scenes” type material like this, especially relating to one of my new favorite nerd videos, #99. Long story short, i was so impressed with the skill and tireless effort Mike put in to this title card that I had to create an account to pass on my respect. Truly amazing work, both of you. Thank you for bringing joy to so many of us.

HOLY FUCK,THATS TONS OF WORK AND DEDICATION.Mad pros to MOFO Mike. I gotta show this to my buddy that does my tats,he’s also a painter and will love to see this vid. I have more mad respects for mofo mike now. I wish i could do that.

That was awesome, guys! Mike, you’re a heck a shot with a pen! How many hours did you put into that title card? I have to say, you’ve inspired me to give inking a shot (I always drew, never inked, except trancing, if that counts). I think this video is making AVGN fans what talent you pocess. And guys, keep throwing up these behind-the-scene videos every now and then, I think they’re just as fun to watch as a actual Nerd episode. It’s just really cool how a project really comes together. Thanks!

Awesome video, such a great title card ! I have tons of admiration for artistry and as someone who’s talent consists of stick figure porn at best, I feel like what humans will feel like when aliens with superior technology eventually make first contact.

Keep up the great work guys! Best day of the month is the first Wednesday =).

Whats wrong you cowards? the truth within my comments upsets you so much you have to delete them?? haha. Seems like you really like the taste of my turds and thats why you keep asking me for more, you sick shit-eaters. Well, here i leave you a very big one so you can enjoy it the whole week:

your art is really inspired work mike. am an artist myself. i just wish i can see the video again in normal motion so that i can watch how the shading and the close hatching are being drawn perfectly. its nice

Man that is awesome, very nice piece you did here dude. My grandmother started me inking my art in high school, I really miss that. I did Mcfarlanes wolvie/hulk clash IH#340 and spilled the damn ink JUST as I was finishing, I’ll never forget that. Look closely at wolvies left claw.http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh112/hitori1/wolvSpike.jpg

Keep it up man, my 10 year old boys started really looking forward to the title cards lately and it’s even gotten one of them picking up his pencils again which I’m happy to see.

now I’m curious how does this all start? before the inking I mean does he take time out ahead of schedule to illustrate the main idea of the drawing before its brought in for inking? like the actual outline that he follows while inking…cause inking took forever it would have to take some time to sketch out the actual artwork into existence….I’m intrigued good video thanks guys can’t wait to see whats next….

@Schloss Funny you mention that, James notes in the McKids ep. that he has/had A.D.D as a child. I have a kid with it too, hell I probably have it. I prefer to call it ‘charm’. 🙂

I’m sure it’s a ton of work but they wouldn’t keep doing it if they didn’t enjoy it. I have to admit though, I’d pay money to hear the conversation they had when James asked Mike if it would be alright if he shat on his face (first bugs ep).

Nice, fun to watch Mike! Is there any reason you don’t use a tablet? Not being an artist, I’m not sure how it would alter the look or the process, but I know of a lot of people that swear by them. Anyway, just wondering.

for all the people that think they have no skills to draw, I used to think like you, until i actually developed and honed my skills to draw like that. All it takes is patients and practice and good imagination and i think most of us have that. Also just want to say watching this video made me appreciate the title cards even more. It does boggle the mind when you think about all the different cards he has made.

WOW!!!!!! If I hadn’t seen it I probably would not have believed it. It’s nice to know that I you guys all actualy have talent, because I admire what you do, and it would suck if you guys were just some of those people that get lucky and popular throught the internet and don’t really deserve the fame or really any of the attention they recieve. Thanx for the post and keep up the good work guys.

JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY MIKE! Did you sell your soul to satan in order to be able to do all this?! Or just for the level of patience, I used to think I can draw somewhat well. Now I need to re-evaluate my life.

Holy blit! And I thought your episodes took effort. Hell no! All praise goes to Mike!
So much work, draw it in pencil, then redraw it, just for a picture that is shown for only at the most 3 seconds.
I think Mike could make a very good cover designer, or a good cartoon animator. 🙂

Mike i have a doubt, in the middle of the video you take another bottle cap for the ink, my doubt is, why take another bottle cap? and do you use the same fine brush all the inking? i dont know anything about drawing and im curious.
Thanks in advance

I’ve never thought about how much effort goes into the title cards. Now that I know, I feel like doing something appreciative for Mike. Of course, there’s nothing creative I can think of, here’s from us to you guys: Thank you for all the work you’ve put into AVGN and your other projects. Keep it real bro’s.

That was just awesome Mike. Fantastic job! I’ve been silently following all of the Cinemassacre stuff for years, but I had to post this time. Just incredible work man. Keep it up! I love the title cards.

I am stunned! I never realised how much work a “mere titlecard” takes. I envy you Mike. By nature I am a good drawer, even as a kid when other kids were drawing stick figures with hundred sawblade fingers I could draw rather complex characters, but only figures and I never could color or shade them even if my life depended on it. I know that drawing the rough template takes time, and now seeing you coloring and shading it… I am at the loss of words how much effort it really takes.

Perhaps I should grab my pen again and start drawing again. And whip myself to learn coloring and shading properly, though it has been +10 years since I drew anything…